Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1934 — Page 1

U WEATHER ■ unsettled this atLoon and tonight, E h showers or ■under storms; Frlpartly cloudy; Eitinued warm.

FRISCO STRIKE IS NEAR SETTLEMENT

■sAPPEARfiNCE Eci’.redhoax Kt MAN'S WIFE Igflniucd Wife Os Miss--1 (irt Wayne Man ■ Tel!" Her Story Hood-stained • \| |OJUST HOAX I ■ W .Hie. .In.lv 19 <U-R> I.ilb. in (.tHli-Jenks, tvilc of Arthur E. , '»i mission for :• week I umL bi <n«l' 'I llie fiiKhny 1,141,1 1 sl.iinetl ;ar Moiuli'V ; is ;i hoax “he has pull- ■, i>et me into trouble." ■he wile, also reportedlv Eat.\, st« rdav. appeared F£l . ',l i.olice hemluimrters mebt company with an ■ ■rnev and then disappeared !■ after leaving an address She might be reached. |H ( q all a fake he has pulled ~ in trouble." Mrs. Jenks sued him for divorce he disappear and make it look 1 had something to do with .... of her attorney .1 Wife was questioned ■ T Ji, today. Speaking for her. utt'irr;. '. said that Mrs. Jenks |B fctl h~r whereabouts unknown -be was afraid of her ■ : ma because of any knowledge declared her hus■|K> fired •!.■■ shots into the car . - frighten her into reBW !l ' !an<l t 0 *’ aßt suspi ' .■. b.-cause of a divorce circuit ’I a, ' :iri 'h made by : Wf '"'i"’" l ' failed to reveal . .... as to Jenks' whereor Ir.M’ ■ been mi B'i.Sklc" iw r.vmolls telephone th- exit! of July 12 summon- - his sister's home and ■■triib.>l Imi to meet "some a' en.ated place downBHB ■ d. bullet shatear was found Monday E nfc'h' I .■ : ' ala cemetery r>-. ■ and gave rise to ■(Mrs i' he met with foul play. i. k- gave his parents ■p-1- ' : ii'i'lions "it should • inb-ss something mid of threats made on his and mettle troubles. 1990 STUDENTS | Hill BE AIDED ■art-Tiine Employment |B\ ill Be Burnished With I Relief Funds KB' '!■ . .hdv 19—(UP)—Ap-"ih-ges will be given partemh ■ meut during the com'i|,ic>" tear, it was announce.! at relief headquarters |^B n in. ivac in the Indiana allot>f federal funds will enable l 11 !' inure students to be as"l than were enrolled in relief jB/'W 1 u iring the 1933-34 terms. |^B" , ‘ '• alluim.-nt to Indiana was assistance being given Indicollegians is part of the nat|^B‘ i ' program which will give re“Utl'lornieiit to approximate!'. students next school year. <l i ( ' r the FERA program an n. Washington yesterday. BB"' "ill be used for student allotments f„r July, Indiana |B‘ twelve J1.5’7,800 for relief T ' i " amount will be divided follows: $ 1,325,000 general re|W' Ulii'i.omi drought relief; $2,800 ar work, and $50,000 in trail relief. nder the education assistance W Ogra " 1 ' 'O'luges will be allowed |B^"' al1 12 pe r cent of thelr enroll . ' Students, evenly divided ee & men and women, will bp !u «l to earn a maximum of Per month. * uni^s are to be used in em- ' and library work. Extern n ww ' i and other social seris included in the proiBICONTINUED on PAGe’fJVE)*

DECATUR I) Al LY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXII. No. 171.

I Ex-Soldiers Need Not Buy Licenses County Clerk David D. Depp stated today that it will not be neces- | .sary for ex-soldiers to purchase I new hunting and fishing licenses. I The licenses aer good until the law 1 changes. Exsoldiers who have not received a hunting and fishing license, may obtain one without ’ tost on application at the clerk's office and proving to the clerk's satisfaction that they have honorably served in a war. GOV. LANGER I QUITS OFFICE Governor of North Dakota Relinquishes Office To Olson Bismarck, July 19—-(UP) -William 11. Langer, who placed the : state under martial law in an es--1 tort to thwart his ouster as gover- ! nor, today turned over the office to Ole H. Olson, lieutenant gover- : nor. danger stepped aeide as the state legislature met in a "rump session” to find a means of keeping linger in office despite a supreme court I order of removal. Only Langer's political supportI ers appeared for the special legislative session which got under way noon. Law-makers aligned with Olson j came to Bismarck but remained i away from the legislative chambers | because of Olson's order revoking i the session. • ■Langer's abdication to Olson left I the legality of the legislative meet- ' ing in doubt. o , — DOCTORS CLAIM WOMAN INSANE Four Physicians Testify Woman Killer Temporarily Insane — Charleston, 111., July 19. —(U.R) — ! Four physicians testified in Coles ; county circuit court today that Mrs. Ann Sandstrom. Indianapolis. I on trial charged with the murder of Carl Thompson, Indianapolis casket salesman, was suffering great mental anguish and was I temporarily insane when she shot and killed him. The physicians called were Dr. J. L. Storey, prominent Indianapolis physician, and Doctors Harwood, Greer and Swicker, local physicians. They testified that the defend- : ant's mental condition following i her failure in several attempts to ' bring about a reconciliation with i Thompson was such that she could ' not be held responsible for her ; acts. The murder occurred in a Mat- | toon hotel several weeks ago. Mrs. j Sandstrom is alleged to have fol- | lowed Thompson there from Indianapolis in an effort to bring about a reconciliation to an alleged romance between them. William Remy, Indianapolis, chief counsel for the defense, indicated that the testimony of the physicnN PAGE SIX) O —— Harold Henneford To See President Bluffton, July 19. — Harold H. Henneford. who arrived here a week ago Friday to visit his father, Michael Heneford, at Vera Cruz, after an airplane flight from Olympia. Wash., will return to presidej next week over the meeting of the Washington state board of equalization. of which he is the chairman. He also is ; chairman of the state tax commission of Washington. On his journey eastward Henneford made a quick trip, having left Tacoma, Wash., at 4:45 a. m., by plane and arriving in Chicago at 10:45 p. m. the same day. His plane followed the northwest air route and passed over both the Cascade and Rocky mountains. Heneford stated here that he was looking forward to the visit of President Roosevelt to the northwest in August. He will accompany the President’s party from Portland to the Coule Dam site, Where President Roosevelt will speak. Mr. Henneford is a brother of Mrs. Dan Niblick of this city.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

»tute, Nailunal And Intrrnntiouai N»w«

DECATURCITY PLANT PROFIT ► ! IS $13,419.59 I , Light Department Protit Totals More Than Ten Thousand PRODUCTION LESS THAN LAST YEAR Tile electric light and water departments of the city plant had a 1 combined net operating profit of i $1:i.419.59 for the six months period : ending June 30, an shown by the ■ monthly anJ quarterly reports prepared by Miss Mary McKean, bookI keeper for the departments. The electric light and power department show a profit of $10,7A7.05 an.i the water department. $2,712.54 for the six months. The operating profit ie exclusive ' of any credit from the civil city for ' street lighting and maintenance or ' for fire hydrant rentals. The carry- ' ing charge for street lighting is ‘ $3,175.20, maintenance of .system, $962.33, fire hydrant rentals. $3,650.104, making a total of $7,787.57, which is deducted in the profit and I loss statement in arriving at the ' : net operating profit. 1 The month of June this year was not as heavy as a year ago In the electric department, due to the fact 1 that the General Electric load was iless. ' Net operating profit for June in > the electric department was $2,760.93. The water department showed i a profit of $1,576.59. which, listed ’ I under the month of June, includes i the second quarter, as meters are ■ read only every thrfce months. I'm June 397,600 K. W. H. of curI rent were generated. The total pro- : duced for the six months is 2,427,1 2QO KW-JH. in June 1933, K. W. H. fotalef 416,400 aIM total 1 for the six months, 2,178,700. June bills this year in the elec-; I trie department amounted to $9,Regular Legion Meeting Monday ' The regular meeting of Adams : I poet nutaber 43 of the American ,' Legion will be held at the legion ■ hall on south Second street Moni day evening at 8 o’clock. The final ; nomination of officers to serve duri in the ensuing year will be made . at this meeting. F. D. B. STUDIES MANY PROBLEMS I President Roosevelt Maintains Silence On San Francisco Strike Aboard U. S. S. New July 19.—<U.R)~Free from callers, I President Roosevelt has disposed of half a trunkful of important re- • ports and documents on public matters aboard his floating White i House, the Cruiser Houston, it was . ■ learned today. He maintained silence regarding ' the San Francisco strike, but Is in constant touch with strike and I other developments by wireless. Each day, the President spends much time considering and working on administration problems. He is solving long range programs of social and economic character, planning what he intends to present to the next congress for I legislative enactment, and surveyi ing the results of his trips of in--1 spection to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Canal Zone. The (Houston and the New Orleans, its escort, are due at Napoopoo, Hawaii, Tuesday. Mr. Roosevelt expects to halt there and fish for a day, then go on to Hilo for (COXTTNUFyD ON PAGE SIX) ' Eihling Funeral Services Friday (Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Matilda Eilbling 712, wife of John Eibling who died at her home north west of Ohio City, Ohio, Tuesday at midnight, will 1)e held Friday afternoon at 2 o'cloak at the Bethel ’ UniteJ Brethren church. Survivors include the husband, two daughters, Mae at home, and Mrs. Edwin Kirchen.hauer of Deca-] tur, and one son, Fred, of west of [ ' Ohio City, Ohio,

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 19, 1934.

Missing Child Found t n I I d V Climaxing a state wide search by thousands, tiny Bobby Connor. 21-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Connor, missing four days from his home near Hartsdale, N. Y., was discovered half starved in a thicket by two policemen, a little more than a mile from his home. Here is Bobby bundled up in the arms of a neighbor being rushed to a hospital for treatment; inset, a recent photo of Bobby.

TWO STATE COPS ARE DISMISSED — Al Feeney Fires Two For Alleged Neglect Os Duty | Indianapolis, July 19.—(U.R)—Dismissal of State Policemen John Hamilton, Sullivan, and .Guy Engle, Cardop, on charges of neglect of duty, was announced last night by Al G. Feeney, state safety director. The charge was based on the [ escape of Glynn Wolfe, Bicknell, auto theft suspect, from custody • of the officers at a Calumet City, 111., beer tavern July 13. Feeney’s announcement said only that the men had been notified of their immediate dismissal. Wolfe escaped by jumping out a window when allowed to go to the tavern rest room alone, Feeney was told at a hearing on the case < Tuesday. The policemen were reported to have denied reports that they drank beer in the tavern. Wolfe was being transported from Terre Haute to Hammond when he escaped. He lias not been captured. Captain Matt Leach of the state police praised Hamilton’s work on < the force but said that circumstances in the case warrant dis- , missal. He said the dismissal was > not based solely on the escape of the prisoner. Hamilton is a prominent Demo- , cratic worker In Sullivan county and was the cghter of a dispute ; between Feeney and Pleas Green- , lee, executive secretary to Gov. 1 Paul V. McNutt, just before the ,prl- ; mary last May. Greenlee sent Hamilton into ] Sullivan county to do some political work and Feeney ordered it : stopped. Despite his orders, Ham- i ilton has continued his political : activity, Feeney said. i o I I Boat Capsizes, I ( Two Men Drown Evansville, In.L, July 19— (UP) —Two men were drowned in the Ohio riveb at Newburg yesterday ] when the boat in which they were I fishing capsized. < The victims were Lucain Fowler. ( 50, and his son, Julian, 18, both of I Owensboro, Ky. Two others in the boat, A. J. ] Griffin and Curba Dean, also of ; Owensboro, were rescued. Four men, employes of the Ken- ] tucky highway commission were I preparing to anchor their boat when it caught in a swlift current i and upset. <

Hostetler Quits Job At Monmouth Mervin Hostetler, principal ,ot the Monmouth high school has resigned to become superintendent of the consolidated school at Mid dlebury, Indiana. During Mr. Hostetler's principalship at Monmouth he has made his home in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler and their two children, Richard, aged six. and Joan aged four, are moving to Middlebury this week. The Middlebury school is a combined town and township school and has about 300 pupils. The population of the town is about 700 and is located in one of the best agriculture sections of northern Indiana. _o YOUTH HURT IN FREAK ACCIDENT 22-Calibre Bullet Fired Into Tree Trunk Causes Explosion Martinsville, Ind., July 19 —(U.R) A .22 calibre bullet fired into the base of a tree trunk by Ralph Bray, 17, resulted in an explosion which caused serious injuries to the youth. More than a score of metal slugs were from Bray's face and body and one eyeball was struck. Physicians believed he would recover and sight of the eye could be saved. Bray tired the bullet while he and his brothers, Charles and John, were having target practice in a woods. The blast tore away a portion of the tree and showed a large hole where an explosive had been cached. Authorities said the explosive might have been an artillery shell, souvenir of the world war, I buried in the base of the tree for safe keeping. Charles Bray suffered minor cuts from the metal. Today Is Indiana Day At World Fair — Chicago, July 19 —(UP) — Gov. Paul V. McNutt came to the world’s fair to be greeted with military honors today as the chief gueet of a Century of Progress on Indiana day today. After a 19-gun salute, Gov. McNutt planned to tour the fair grounds with his wife and daughter Louise. Thousands of Indianans participated iu the day's celebration. Gov. McNutt will deliver an address in a forman program in the' Court of States tonight.

Furnished Hy United I'renn

SENATOR SEEKS SETTLEMENT OF SEATTLE STRIKE Senator Wagner Narrowly Escapes Shots From Excited Guards SEATTLE FEARS FURTHER RIOTS 'Portland, Ore., July 19 —(UPI — Senator Robert F. Wagner cancelled airplane reservations to San Francisco today and announced he would remain here all day conferring on the strike with labor, shipping and civic leaders. The senator, regarded here as the personal representative of President Roosevelt, had an exciting evening when ten shots were fired at his and another car near the embattled terminal No. 4. While no announcement concern ing the probability of a general strike was forthcoming from the labor strategy committee, the public believed the crisis was past. Wholesale grocers and produce merchants reported the “stock up" buying of housewives ended before noon Wednesday and business dropped measureably today. The situation here and in Seattle remained tense as mediation proceedings continued in the face of voting by la’bor unions on a general strike in both cities. Senator Wagner, unruffled .by the firing of shots at his car by four excited guards at Portland’s municipal Pier No. 4. sought a concrete picture of the widespread strike distun jances. Later he will report to

ICONTINUEMV ON PAGE SIX) o ■ PLANES START ALASKA FLIGHT 10 Army Bombing Planes Start Long Reconnoitering Flight i Dayton, 0., July 19 —(UP) —Nine army boniiblng planes, enroute from ' Washington to Alaska on a training 1 flight, landed here shortly before Ip. in. today. A tenth plane, piloted by Capt. W. P. Larson, returned to Washington soon after the take-off this I morning for repairs to a loose cowling. Washington, July 19. —(U.R) —Ten brown and yellow army bombing 1 planes, biggest aerial death-dealing machines in the United States, j j soared away from Bolling field toI day for a reconnoitering flight to I Alaska? The first bomber skimmed up over the Anacostia river at 10 am., followed in four minutes by the i others. They assembled in the aTf lin flight formation in groups of three with the tenth plane trailing. Then with a roar the great ships I circled the city, dipped over The capitol dome, and cut a bee-line for Dayton, 0.. and a brief stop for gasoline. Then they will head i north, spend the night at Minneap- ! oils and head across Canada for Fairbanks, Alaska, their final des- : tination. About 3,000 citizens waved the ships away. Among them were Elliot Roosevelt, son of the President, and his wife, in a blue dress, who were escorted through one of j the ships by Lieut. Col. Henry j Arnold, flight commander. ■ 0 Moses Davison Dies Near Tocsin Moees Davison, 76, died at 5 o’clock thiis morning, one mile west of Tocsin of heart trouble. He is survival by one sister and three brothers. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the I residence. Burial will be in Oak | Lawn cemetery, at Ossian. o ■ ■ — Five Persons Die In Auto Accident Gridley, 111., July 19—(UP)—Five I persons were killed near here today when, their automobile sideswiped a truck and swerved into a dutch I on U. S. Highway 24. The dead all of Thunderville, i were: Ezra Vaughn, 56; Mrs. Ezra i Vaughn, 56; C. M. Armstrong, 48; Mr. C. W. Armstrong, 44, and Dorcas Mae French, 14

Price Two Cent*

I Pastor To Give Trial Sermons Rev. D. W T . Lucas of North Vernon, Indiana, will preach trial serI mous next Sunday to the Christian Union charge including the Craigville, Zion in Kirkland township I and St. Paul churches. The former pastor. Rev. J. E. I Smith, who has been in the charge I I for eight years, is leaving to acI copt a church probably located in | Ohio He is expecting to be named the pastor of a large church. The public is invited to hear the trial sermons to be preached by I Rev. Lucas. His schedule for Sun- ; day. dune 22, will be Zion church 9:30 a. rn., Craigville 10:45 a. m. and St. Paul 7:30 p. m. o FULL PROGRAM FOR EDITORS Indiana Democratic Editors To Meet At French Lick Indianapolis, Ind., July 19 —(UP) '—A full program of business ses- ’ sions and entertainment has been arranged for Indiana Democratic Editors when they gather at French ! Lick August 10-11 for their annual i summer meetings, Frank Finney, • president of the editorial associa- ’ lion announced today. Although the editors will not i hear a speaker of National prom--1 inence, as was expected, they will ■ be given the honor of officially opening the Democratic campaign ■ in Indiana. Plans had been made to entertain > President Roosevelt but he was uni alble to attend. i IA golf tourney will be held in the afternoon of August 10 and a dance at night. Business sessions of the j association will be held the following morning with Finney, Wray 1 Fleming and J. S. Hubbard, president and secretary, respectively, of the Hoosier State Press association I and Keith Johns, secretary of the Democratic state committee, as 1 speakers. Gov. Paul V. McNutt, Sherman Minton, party candidate for U. S. Senator, and U. S. Senator Freder- ' ick Van Nuys will be the speakers 1 at the annual association banquet I closing the two-day meeting. A tea for the women guests will be given August 1 by Miss Lucy Taggart, daughter of former Senator Thomas Taggart Sr., Mrs. Emory Scholl, Connersville, vice-chair-I man of the state committee, will assist Miss Taggart. URGES LABOR KEEP STRIKE Federation Head Calls Strike Labor’s Most Effective Weapon Racine, Wls., July 19. —(U.R) — American labor was urged last night by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, to hold fast to the strike and its most effective weapon against | exploitation. The veteran labor leader described opponents of the aims of striking unions in San Francisco as "people determined to exploit labor." “When men are denied the privilege of exercising their rights,” he said at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Federation of Labor, "they must strike. May labor never become so commpnplace as "to refuse to strike.” Unorganized labor, with its lack of power to combat oppressive conditions, he said, is the real menace to American industrial peace. He denied that communistic principles have gained any important foothold in trades unions. Although admitting that “reds" may have entrenched themselves in a few organizations, he predicted that "they won’t get very far.” 0 Sunday School Class Bake Sale Saturday The Dutiful Daughters class of the Evangelical Sunday School will hold a bake sale Saturday morning beginning at 8 o’clock in the Schafer store window. Articles for sale will include chicken and noodles, baked beans, potato salad, pie, cake cookies, drop cakes and cottage cheese.

M ao ova

LABOR LEADERS MAKINGEFFORT TO END STRIKE — Strikers In Oakland Will Meet Tonight To Vote On Strike EXPECT RETURN TO WORK TO BE VOTED San Francisco, July 19. — (U p)_The general strike committee at 1 p.m. today adopted a resolution calling off all sympathy strikes in San Francisco. “The sympathy strike has been called off," said a statement by George Kidwell, secretary of the committee, "on the promise of the President's board that the American unions will get full consideration in arbitration." San Francisco. Julv 19 — (U.R) Labor leaders throughout the San Francisco bay area todav led definite efforts to bring the general ' strike here to a close. In Oakland the strategy co m mitt e e directing the strike of 42.000 men in that citv. Alameda. Berkeley, i Hayward and suburbs, called a meeting for tonight to vote on the question of returning to work. The committee recommended an affirmative vote. In San Francisco the general ■ strike committee today will con- ■ sider a resolution formally ending the now admittedly disintegrating strike. The resolution will have the support of conservative labor leaders who were tightening their control of the situation. The resolution was framed after a meeting during the night with General Hugh S. Johnson. NRA administrator, who took command dramatically for the government yesterday. Meantime defiance of the strike : committee policy of issuing “permits” to do business, increased. Mayor Angelo Rossi denounced it as a “usurpation of constitutional authority.” Trucks, delivering produce to the wholesale district, gasoline to filling stations, and supplies to butcher shops, rumibled along without the "permit to operate" signs so prominent yesterday and the day before. Employes of the key system, operating electric trains and the street railway systems of Alameda county and the key system ferry on San Francisco bay, called a meeting for tonight at which it was considered certain they would vote to return to work tomorrow. In Oakland even bartenders announced they would put on their white coats and begin shaking up cocktails again, almost immediately. It seemed clear that the general strike was likely to end within 24 hours. A convoy of 28 trucks loaded with vegetables was brought into the wholesale produce district during the morning, followed by a second convoy of six trucks. (CONTTNTTFyn GN PAGE STxf* Name Speakers For Teachers’ Institute Dr. Mandel Sherman o€ Chicago and Dr. William G. Spencer, president of Franklin College will be the principal .speakers at the annual teachers' institute to be held in the public high school gymnasium here August 29. The annual institute will be attended by the teachers of the Decatur, Berne and rural schools in the county. The speakers are oil> tained by officers of the circuit which includes Allen, Noble, Whitley and Adams counties. — Twenty-Seven Men Work At Homestead Twenty-eeven men are working under F'ERA fun.de at preparing the beds for the streets and drives in the Decatur Homestead project south of town. The men are making cuts where necessary and using the dirt to fill up gullies left by the construction of the water mains. (Most of the plans, specifications and papers necessary for the sending out of bids have been received by the local homesteads headquarters. As soon as the special forms for this project are received blds will be solicited.